With Donald Trump’s imminent return to the White House, California is poised to reprise a familiar role — beating heart of the resistance, reports POLITICO.
The state’s ruling Democrats, who for years have portrayed the president-elect as an existential threat, swiftly signaled a return to the pugilistic posture of the Trump 1.0-era, when California loudly cast itself as the political and cultural counterweight to Washington.
“Trump mentioned that his campaign was a campaign to protect America,” Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas told POLITICO on election night. “What you can expect is California will do everything we can to protect America from Donald Trump.”
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